Scott
please try following the order
sudo ethtool -A dna0 autoneg off
sudo ethtool -A dna0 rx off
sudo ethtool -A dna0 tx off

Alfredo

On Nov 30, 2011, at 2:28 AM, Scott L wrote:

> Alfredo,
> 
> By simultaneously watching the switch's statistics and pfcount, we see
> that initially the switch sees no pause frames and pfcount sees
> packets.  When pfcount stops receiving packets, the switch immediately
> starts receiving lots and lots of pause frames.  At this point, the
> only known remedy is to reload the kernel modules using
> load_dna_driver.sh.
> 
> Turning autonegotiation off doesn't change anything.  I can't seem to
> turn off anything else (see below)
> 
> [examples]$ sudo ethtool -A dna0 rx off
> [examples]$ sudo ethtool -a dna0
> Pause parameters for dna0:
> Autonegotiate:        on
> RX:           on
> TX:           on
> 
> [examples]$ sudo ethtool -A dna0 tx off
> [examples]$ sudo ethtool -a dna0
> Pause parameters for dna0:
> Autonegotiate:        on
> RX:           on
> TX:           on
> 
> =s=
> 
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Alfredo Cardigliano
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Scott
>> it is possible that the flow control slows down a link, but in your case it 
>> just stops.
>> If you want you can try with these commands to see if something changes:
>> ethtool -A dna0 autoneg off
>> ethtool -A dna0 off
>> ethtool -A dna0 tx off
>> 
>> Alfredo
>> 
>> On Nov 30, 2011, at 1:07 AM, Scott L wrote:
>> 
>>> Alfredo,
>>> 
>>> We looked at the statistics produced by our switch and discovered that
>>> when pfcount stops reporting received packets, we start seeing Pause
>>> frames from the Silicom NIC.  This would account for the fact that we
>>> stop seeing packets.  Have you seen this issue before?  Any idea how
>>> we might resolve it?
>>> 
>>> =s=
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Alfredo Cardigliano
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Scott
>>>> actually we recommend kernels > 2.6.18 with vanilla PF_RING, not with DNA. 
>>>> However 2.6.31 should be fine.
>>>> Upgrading to a newer version is not a bad idea, if possible. Currently we 
>>>> are mainly using 2.6.36 and newer kernels.
>>>> A asked you about 32/64bit just because there was an old 32bit dna library 
>>>> in svn.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> Alfredo
>>>> 
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